Poor Clio Compact

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07.23.2008/20:16

I've lately been using some of the online training available at lynda.com, and boy, is it good.

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Google "online training Adobe products"

07.10.2008/16:57

If you know someone who claims to have been in Yankee Stadium on July 4, you just might be able to check for yourself.

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Google "Yankee Stadium"

07.9.2008/06:27

Bit.ly is a cool new URL shortening service, explained here. You even have a shot at making your own short URL; for instance, bit.ly/ourhouse.

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Google "shortened URLs"

07.8.2008/11:37

Well, this would be a good reason to learn Russian.

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Google "learn Russian"

Wisdom:

07.15.2008/20:36

You are probably wealthy!
If you have been worried over how the recent twists in the economy are affecting you, it might be useful to remember just how rich you are. (And a grateful tip of the hat to Ron for pointing me to this.)

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Google "concentrated wealth poverty widespread"

06.27.2008/08:35

Higher prices?
Inflation? Not necessary! Prices are already high!

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Google "inflation ruining all our plans and futures"

06.22.2008/14:57

Batman is coming
Will the new Batman movie be the 2008 summer film that finally doesn't disappoint?

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05.30.2008/20:54

The winner!
Amazing statistic: in every Major League Baseball shutout game so far this season, the team that has scored first has won.

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Google "define:shutout"

04.25.2008/04:26

Guzzler
I never thought I'd be the kind of guy who would drive the sort of vehicle that took fifty bucks for a fill-up. But I have become just such a person: $50.45 to refuel the Camry yesterday.

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Google "cheap gasoline"

03.21.2008/17:16

The Poor Clio Time Machine
I'm taking a class in May on Adobe AIR for Flex Developers, so I've been trying to build up my chops enough in Flex 3 to make the class productive. Slogging through tutorials is always instructive, but I find I really pick up my learning pace when I try to actually create something and then have to learn all the things it takes to flesh out my idea.

So, I have created the Poor Clio Time Machine, which lets the user find a spot in the historical continuum of Poor Clio postings and see what was posted on that day; to make it more visually interesting, I have also allowed users to limit the results to photo entries. One major caveat: the older a posting is, the more vulnerable it is to any linked pages long ago having disappeared. This is especially true, as you might guess, for news citations.

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Google "Adobe Flex 3"